Re: [SLUG] Curious

From: herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Mon Aug 27 2001 - 09:57:45 EDT


On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Russell Hires wrote:

> I started with Linux in 1998 looking for a free (as in beer) COBOL compiler
> (because even the individual licenses were $500), and I heard I could get one
> to run with Linux (not the Mac OS), which also was free (again, as in beer).
> Then I found out about the other free (as in freedom), and I was hooked.
> Never did find that COBOL compiler, though.

As I recall there are three free COBOL compiler projects out there
-- Have you checked Freshmeat? -- I see Tiny COBOL; aiming at the
COBOL-85 standard; I recall that there were a couple of others as
well.



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